Board actions: approvals for contracts, policies and personnel extensions (votes at a glance)
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Summary
At its May 6, 2025 meeting the Okemos Board approved minutes, a technology contract, textbook adoptions, multiple policy readings, revocations and extensions of administrator contracts; all recorded votes were unanimous where roll calls were taken.
The Okemos Board of Education took a number of formal actions at its May 6, 2025 meeting. Below is a concise record of motions, movers, seconds and outcomes recorded in the public minutes.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (approval of meeting minutes: regular meeting 04/14/2025; executive session 04/14/2025; special meeting 04/26/2025), as amended. Motion passed (voice vote) — ayes recorded; outcome: approved.
- Data center and firewall upgrades awarded to Sentinel Technologies and phone system replacement awarded to RingCentral. Motion: award contracts for a total cost not to exceed $748,157.10, to be funded through the 2022 bond. Moved by Trustee Burns; supported by Trustee Phelps. Roll-call outcome: unanimous (7–0) — approved.
- Textbook and instructional material adoptions for high school courses and AP Statistics (detailed list recorded in the minutes). Moved by Trustee Shrestha; supported by Trustee Nguyen. Outcome: approved (voice vote recorded as ayes have it).
- Resolution: declaration of May 6, 2025 as Staff Appreciation Day. Moved by Trustee Wynne; supported by Trustee Kavanaugh. Roll-call outcome: unanimous (7–0) — approved.
- Final adoption (waive reading) of a set of board policies (listed in motion: nondiscrimination; pregnancy workplace accommodations; lockers; personal protection orders against students; Title I parent and family engagement; work‑based learning; student government; school wellness; recording of district meetings). Moved by Trustee Phelps; supported by Trustee Doxey. Outcome: approved (voice vote reported as ayes have it, 7–0).
- First reading (waive reading) and adoption for first reading of another set of policies (31‑series nondiscrimination/anti‑harassment updates; drills/plans; anti-nepotism; student discipline; public appearances of school groups). Moved by Trustee Burns; supported by Trustee Kavanaugh. Outcome: approved (7–0).
- Revocation (deletion) of obsolete policies 5706 (opioid antagonist) and 3115gs (additional pregnancy-discrimination requirements), as those provisions were incorporated into updated policy series. Moved by Trustee Doxey; supported by Trustee Zwifta. Outcome: approved (voice vote reported as ayes have it).
- Extension of Association of Okemos Administrators (AOA) administrator contracts through 06/30/2027. Moved by Trustee Phelps; supported by Trustee Kavanaugh. Roll-call outcome: unanimous (7–0) — approved.
- Amendment: extension of Assistant Superintendent Stacy Bailey’s appointment through 06/30/2028. Moved by Trustee Kavanaugh; supported by Trustee Phelps. Roll-call outcome: unanimous (7–0) — approved.
Notes on recording: For motions decided by roll call, the minutes show each trustee recorded as voting “yes” in the roll-call sequence. For motions decided by voice vote the minutes reported “ayes have it” or equivalent language; the chair recorded the motion as approved. Where a motion was amended or re-filed (the consent agenda minutes were withdrawn and re-introduced as amended), the final adopted motion is listed above.
Ending: The board approved these items unanimously where recorded and scheduled additional budget work sessions for May as part of the district’s multi-year fiscal review.
